Zynga’s China Head to Step Down

Zynga Inc. said Monday the company’s China head, Andy Tian, will leave the company at the end of the month.

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He will be succeeded by John Yin, a studio director at Zynga’s China office, who previously was an executive producer for Electronic Arts Mobile in Asia.

Mr. Yin is currently responsible for leading product development and operations for Zynga’s global mobile games and has helped to develop “Ayakashi: Ghost Guild” and “War of the Fallen”, among others, for the company.

At EA, Mr. Yin oversaw mobile game production for Asia Pacific and worked on “Need for Speed”, “Medal of Honor”, and “Command and Conquer” among other titles.

Mr. Tian served as Zynga’s China general manager for three years following Zynga’s May 2010 acquisition of social gaming company XPD Media, which he helped to found. He is leaving to “return to his entrepreneurial roots,” according to the company, though it didn’t elaborate further.

Earlier this month Zynga announced company-wide staffing cuts, which affected its operations in Beijing.